Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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Hi All,

The Power Progress Community has released the Firefox ESR 52.8.0 (64 bit) recompiled with gcc 7.3.0 and patched for Debian Sid ppc64. Packages are available in their repository.

Repository: https://repo.powerprogress.org/debian

Please test it.

Thanks,
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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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FYI;
Adrian wrote: Hello!

Since powerpc is now part of Debian Ports, everyone who is running
Debian on powerpc needs to update their /etc/apt/sources.list to
be able to continue tracking unstable.

The new sources.list should look like:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main

# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

If you want to include packages which were just built on the buildds,
use:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main

# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main

And if you use experimental, use without incoming:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main


And experimental with incoming:

# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ experimental main
# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-experimental main

You may have to add these lines to your /etc/apt/preferences to
avoid packages from experimental getting installed automatically:

root@sompek:~# cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 1
root@sompek:~#

Let me know if you have any issues. I will update the debian-installer
images for powerpc (and all other architectures) in the following
days.

Adrian
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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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FYI:
Adrian wrote: Unfortunately, Debian Ports currently does not build any packages
from the non-free repository. This means, if you need a package
from non-free and it's not an arch-all package (_all.deb suffix),
you will have to build that package yourself.

We might build contrib and non-free packages for Debian Ports
in the future, but I am not sure whether that's possible from
the legal point of view.

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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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FYI:
Adrian wrote: I forgot to mention. You need to install the package "debian-ports-archive-keyring":

# apt install debian-ports-archive-keyring

In case you are prompted to install from an untrusted source, say "Y".

Then run "apt update" again.

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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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There was a plenty of updates available for Debian Buster PP64... I selected them all and started the update process. Download went ok, but there were some problems in the installation step... After I rebooted Debian, it was not anymore able to open the desktop (no error messages, just blinking cursor on black backround screen).

I was able to open a terminal window with F2 and log in, but 'Startx' was not succesful, the server gave up trying to open a desktop. 'llightdm' was an unknown command to the terminal.

What steps should I use to get the distro again 'on it's feet'?
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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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xeno74 wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:18 pm Hi All,

I created a small image of Debian Buster/Sid PPC64 today. I recommend to use it if you have any problems with Adrian's ISOs. Please increase the partition with GParted after you copied the image to an empty partition. I had to decrease the partition a little bit and after that I was able to increase the partition.

Download: debian-9.0-ppc64.img

root (password "amigaone")
amigaone (password "amigaone")

First steps
  1. Configure your network device with dhclient
  2. Check the network device with ip a
  3. Update the package index with apt-get update
  4. Install Xorg with apt-get install xorg
  5. After that you could install the MATE desktop with apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras
  6. Then you could install a display manager for example "lightdm" with apt-get install lightdm
  7. Afterwards reboot your AmigaOne
Cheers,
Christian
Hi All,

I was able to upgrade the Debian img above to version 11 (bullseye) today.
  1. I updated /etc/apt/sources.list

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    deb [allow-insecure=yes] http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main
    deb-src [allow-insecure=yes] http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main
    
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    apt-get dist-upgrade
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    apt-get install xorg
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    apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras
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    apt-get install network-manager-gnome
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    apt install debian-ports-archive-keyring
  7. I updated /etc/apt/sources.list

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    deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main
    deb-src http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main
  8. Code: Select all

    apt-get update
  9. Code: Select all

    apt install lightdm
Cheers,
Christian
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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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xeno74 wrote: Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:12 am Debian 11 "Bullseye" has been released. :-)
Great! If you just have time, could you please put a partition image of it available at your site...?

PS. Is there a fresh Firefox version available for it?
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Re: Debian Buster/Sid PPC64

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Roland wrote: Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:44 pm Great! If you just have time, could you please put a partition image of it available at your site...?

PS. Is there a fresh Firefox version available for it?
Yes, I will create a partition image. The Firefox versions 86.0.1 and 78.12.0esr are available on Debian 11 PPC64 and work but all images in these Firefox versions itself and on the websites have wrong colors.
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